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SPECIAL EPISODE: Into the Codex
Season 3 Episode 13
We’re worried. In the two-and-a-bit years since we started Pull To Open, we’ve done commentaries on 42(!) individual Doctor Who stories. That constit…
3 years, 8 months ago
Peak Villainy (Siring "Genesis of the Daleks")
Season 3 Episode 12
In the entire run of Doctor Who, there has never been a villain quite like Davros. Half-Dalek, half-somewhat crispy person, the character of Davros s…
3 years, 9 months ago
Telos Another One (Converting "Attack of the Cybermen")
Season 3 Episode 11
When you're looking to literally change history to save your race, it's smart to stay focused. This really isn't the time for convoluted plans, extra…
3 years, 9 months ago
Wasting Time (Embalming “State of Decay”)
Season 3 Episode 10
If you’re a powerful vampire running from the Time Lords, it’s easy to see why you’d pick E-space for your hideout. It’s small, it's full of deliciou…
3 years, 9 months ago
Zings and Arrows (Lionizing "Robot of Sherwood")
Season 3 Episode 9
Hard to believe, but it took Doctor Who more than 50 years to get around to doing a TV adventure centered on Robin Hood. And like a speeding arrow sp…
3 years, 9 months ago
Grin Reaper (Enlivening "Smile")
Season 3 Episode 8
When you first start traveling with the Doctor, you've got to get your basics down, and a key item to tick off the list is traveling to the far futur…
3 years, 10 months ago
Time Killer (Targeting "The Deadly Assassin")
Season 3 Episode 7
Some Doctor Who episodes are good. Some are great. Some are pretty forgettable. And some are epics — not just riveting in their characterization and …
3 years, 10 months ago
Courting Disaster (Unearthing "The Mysterious Planet")
Season 2 Episode 6
When Doctor Who returned after a forced hiatus in the mid '80s, the show had big plans for its return: The entire season would be a single arc that w…
3 years, 10 months ago
The French Connection (Serenading "The Girl in the Fireplace")
Season 3 Episode 5
We know the Doctor has a family, but does he date? That's a bit inconclusive. Putting aside the numerous individuals he's invited into his, uh… box t…
3 years, 11 months ago
Game of Shadows (Cataloging "Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the Dead")
Season 3 Episode 4
When is a shadow not a shadow? When it's in a Doctor Who story determined to reimagine a feature of ordinary life as a homicidal creature, of course.…
3 years, 11 months ago